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(No Model.)

H. TOASPERN.

UPRIGHT PIANO CASE.

I No. 352,280. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES HERMANN TOASPERN, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

PATENT OFFICE;

UPRIGHT-PIANO CASE.

EPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,352,280, dated November9, 1886.

Application filed April 8, 1886. Serial No. 198,204. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN TOASPERN, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Upright Pianos, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of the combination, with an upright piano, of amusic-holder arranged below the key-board and adapted to be swungoutward for convenience inputting away and removing sheets of music.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an upright piano havinga music-holderapplied thereto in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is an endview of the same,showing the musicholder open in full lines and closedin dotted lines.

The frame or case A of the piano is of the ordinary construction. Brepresents the musicholder. This is in the form of a falling panelarranged below the key-board and above the pedals and hinged by thehinges a a to the bottom 0 of the pianocase. Upon the inner surface ofthe panel are formed several boxes or receptacles, D D, of a sizeappropriate to receive sheets of music, These boxes or receptacles areformed by the inner board, 1), two end boards,-c 0, partitions d, and abottom board, 0. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.) A spring latch orlock, f, is fitted at the center of the panel for holding orlocking themusic-holder in closed position, and to prevent the holder from beingopened out too far I attach the cord, wire, or tape 1 to the casing ofthe piano and to the holder, which limits the outward movement of theholder, as shown clearly in the drawings.

By placing the music-holder, as described, to close into the casing, itoccupies what has hitherto been waste space in the piano-ease, and itpreserves the music from dust and injury and is very convenient.

1 am aware that musioholders have been formed in the front at the endseach side of the pedals oforgan-cases, as in the patent to G. Nettleton,J uly 11, 1882, wherein the case is especially constructed with chambersto contain the music-holder; and I am aware also that music-holders havebeen formed upon the front panel of the cases of musical instruments, asin the patent to WV. W. Hyde, F eb ruary 22, 1851, and do not thereforeclaim the same. By my construction I avoid all change in the outwardappearance of the instrument-case and avoid expense, as the panel B isthe ordinary front panel of the case, sim

ply hinged to the base 0, and provided upon its inner surface with thereceptacles for the music.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- The music-holder B, forming the ordinary front panelof the case of the piano, located between the pedals and the key-boardand hinged to the base 0, between the end uprights of the ease, andprovided upon its inner surface with partitions for forming themusic-receptacles D, substantially as described.

. HERMANN TOASPERN.

lVitnesses:

G. W. RUDOLPH, H. TOASPERN, Jr.

